Remember from our days in school when our English teachers tried to drum into our heads what a simile was?

Here’s the official definition they would have loved to have heard any one of us say: “A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words ‘like’ or ‘as.’”

One thing’s for sure: Broadway lyricists learned what similes were. Throughout musical theater history, they’ve used them effusively. We can easily prove that by the substantial number of them that I’ve listed below. You are to identify from what songs and musicals that these 50 and the Bonus Question come.

All answers are due by Tuesday, January 19 by 11:59 p.m. Send them to me at pfilichia@aol.com. I know you’ll do them with the